Angharad Harrop Masterclass

PowerPoint

Lefebvre:

Perceived space - How do we behave in this space? Does it make us behave in a particular space?

Conceived space – How we create the space.

Lived space – how we act when we are in it.

You can’t have any space without these.

Barbra Browning:

Book - Samba – cultural theory – dance forms emerge from the current situation.

Browning, B. (1995). Samba : Resistance in motion (Arts and politics of the everyday). Bloomington: Indiana University Press.

Cristina Rosa – embodied memory – enacting the physical and metaphysical.

Gillian Clarke – growing up in an environment being told stories about the environment about that environment.

Task 1

Mirroring your partner – take turns pausing and taking inspiration from partners movement – then take turns watching other partners – then all together.

What am I watching?

Investigation

Mind reading

Understanding

Communicating

The space in between

Connection

Embodiment

Silence

Phenomenological

Observation

Experiences

Sharing

Listening

Holding space

Negotiating

Attention

Reaction

Playful

Connection

Spontaneous

Support

Task 2

Improvisational score – Enter and exit – One person allowed in a box but you can move through to other boxes – minimum of 2 people in a space – maximum of everyone – copy peoples movements – borrow movements – can use own movement.

Improvisation began with habitual movement then began to become playful and diverse.

Words that came to mind:

Catalyst

Rhythm

Continuous

Safe

Comfortable

Mischievous

Energy

Surprise

Connection without touch

Inquisitive

Questioning

Express

Develop

Define

Adapt

Things to take away – Why do we get comfortable in a specific dynamic in improvisation?

How can we interpret movement through distance?